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最远的射电类星体在最高分辨率

The most distant radio quasars at the highest resolution

S. Frey, Z. Paragi, . L. I. Gurvits, K. É. Gabányi, D. Cseh

摘要:

迄今为止,大约有50个类星体的红移z>5.7。在无线电中仅检测到其中三个(J 0836 +0054,z=5.77; J1427+3312,z=6.12; J1429+5447,z=6.21)。高红移类星体是当前天体物理学和宇宙学研究的前沿,因为它们对宇宙中最早期超大质量黑洞的生长及其环境的物理条件提供了重要的限制。这些源确实与活动星系核有关,正如高分辨率甚长基线干涉测量(VLBI)观测所揭示的那样。目前还不清楚这几个z~6射电类星体的物理性质是否与它们的低红移表亲大体相似。在J1427+3312的情况下,100-pc尺度的双重形态表明一个年轻的射电源。在这里,我们报告了最近欧洲VLBI网络(EVN)的成像观测J1429+5447,已知的最遥远的射电类星体。基于其毫角秒尺度的结构和光谱特性,该类星体与J 0836 +0054和J1427+3312相似。这就提出了一个问题,如果紧凑的陡谱无线电发射是最遥远的射电类星体的“普遍”特征。这个问题只有在更多z>6的天体被发现和研究之后才能得到解答。

英文摘要:

There are about 50 quasars known at redshifts z>5.7 to date. Only three of them are detected in the radio (J0836+0054, z=5.77; J1427+3312, z=6.12; J1429+5447, z=6.21). The highest-redshift quasars are in the forefront of current astrophysical and cosmological research since they provide important constraints on the growth of the earliest supermassive black holes in the Universe, and on the physical conditions in their environment. These sources are indeed associated with active galactic nuclei as revealed by high-resolution Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations. It is still unclear whether the physical properties of the few z~6 radio quasars are in general similar to those of their lower-redshift cousins. In the case of J1427+3312, the 100-pc scale double morphology suggests a young radio source. Here we report on the recent European VLBI Network (EVN) imaging observations of J1429+5447, the most distant radio quasar known. Based on its milli-arcsecond-scale structural and spectral properties, this quasar is similar to J0836+0054 and J1427+3312. This raises the question if the compact steep-spectrum radio emission is a "universal" feature of the most distant radio quasars. It could only be answered after many more objects at z>6 are discovered and studied.

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